Ramm v. Hewitt-Lea Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Steiner, J., entered March 16, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in a shingle mill through contact with a set screw in a revolving pulley.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
Action by F. W. Ramm against the Hewitt-Lea Lumber Company, a corporation, to recover damages for personal injuries. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant has appealed.
The appellant owns a saw and shingle mill, in which the respondent, employed as a millwright, was injured. There is evidence that the appellant had installed a • friction clutch pulley in its shingle mill, attached to a shaft, which in turn was attached to and supported by large upright timbers; that the respondent was summoned to the shingle mill on the second floor, where the boxing on the shaft at the…
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